Both Rigor and Innovation

Dear Colleagues Great & Small,

Both RIGOR and INNOVATION





ONE:

IT’s not what I know, but
whether I can put it in play that counts..

THE OTHER:

IT’s not whether I can play
with it, but what I know that
counts.

Which is ordinate?
Which subordinate?
Do I have a preference here?
Would a vote clear it up, take
care of it—what I Stand For
Strategically?

Gun to my head: I have
to serve One or The Other
as my guiding pedagogical
principle,

(homeland security team,
frame of mind-set,
attitude,
sustainable security strategy
environmental homeostat):

which do I salute? That is
the question.

Sure: no one loves an

Either/Or,

I can say all-of-the-above in
REALTIME—the mix, the
gradation, the gray, the relative
“it all depends, Sam” obscures
if not occludes the eternal
conceptual absolute noggin
notion opposition of verb &
noun, process & product,
fooling around & getRdone,
mess-guess & assess assess
that determines anyone’s
day-to-day work & play.

and SO I’m torn
between 2 brothers
with no ultimate
allegiance

[what I know (inventory) on the
one hand; putting IT in play
(inventing) on the other]

It’s an agony
excruciation
rigor mortis
innovate?
hell!
caught between
devils in the details
and the deep blue see.

Can I imagine WARS being
fought over something LIKE this?

what I know, damnit. whether
I can play with it, damnit.

LIKE, I said .
I can substitute the tokens
and obscure the Pattern.

One the one hand.
On the other hand
& which one is the
one clapping?

2 opposing truths: Contraries.
Opposites attracting & attacking.
in the Name of Universal Health
Care and always For the Sake
of Argos Argument.

Is IT a language problem?
A problem in representation?
Failure to Communicate?
My mere ignore-ance and
confusion?

IT, I said. Rigor on the one
hand. Innovation on the other.
And can they Just Get Along?

xxxooo, Sam